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Free Public Workout Feat. Lennox Lewis, Mosley, Rijker, N'Dou and Yoni Vargas June 14

13.06 - Press Release - The public is invited to attend a free workout, Saturday, June 14, featuring World Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis, former world welterweight champion Shane Mosley, undefeated woman's sensation Lucia Rijker, as well as super featherweight contenders Phillip N'dou and Yoni Vargas.

The workout is from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will take place at Universal CityWalk, 1000 Universal City Plaza, Universal City (next to Hard Rock Café and Theatres). Lewis is scheduled to begin his workout at approximately 2 p.m.

Lewis (40-2-1, 31 KOs) defends his World Boxing Council/International Boxing Organization (WBC/IBO) titles against WBC/World Boxing Association (WBA) No. 1 contender, Vitali "Dr. Iron Fist" Klitschko (32-1, 31 KOs) in the main event on Saturday, June 21, at STAPLES Center. The scheduled 12-round title bout will be televised live on HBO's World Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Lion Promotions will present the STAPLES Center event.

Tickets for the exciting seven-bout card are $950, $700, $450, $350, $250, $150 and $75, and are on sale at the STAPLES Center box office and through all TicketMaster locations.

Vargas will work out Saturday at 11 a.m., followed by Mosley (noon), N'dou and Rijker (1 p.m.) and Lewis (2 p.m.). In the top undercard bouts on June 21, Vargas will face N'dou, Rijker will oppose Jane Couch and Laila Ali will take on Valerie Mahfood.

Los Angeles last played host to a world heavyweight title fight 44 years ago when Floyd Patterson defended his world crown for the third time with a 13th-round TKO over Roy Harris on Aug. 18, 1958, at the old Wrigley Field. The Lewis-Klitschko world championship also represents the biggest heavyweight bout in the City of Angels since Muhammad Ali regained the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) championship in a rematch against Ken Norton on Sept. 10, 1973, at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

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